BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11- Page 2
BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
DrTheatre
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/05
#25re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 6:14pm
That's too bad...I always love to read and see her positive things about theater.
But, if on the other hand, I am glad she is mentioned in Wowowow.com....now that's something!
#26re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 7:53pm
I know that the original script calls for Kim to be 15, but I've seen productions that change that age (mentioned "How Lovely to Be A Woman") to either 16 or 17. In fact, didn't the made-for-TV movie - which was closer to the musical than the movie was in my opinion - make her 17? I saw the show at North Shore Music Theatre this past summer and I think Kim was mentioned as 16 there.
Simply curious that if they cast a girl that looks a little older Kim is suddenly 17 instead of 15.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#27re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:05pmI still say that Elaine Stritch should be playing Kim.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#28re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:12pmColorTheHouse, she graduated High School a year early, and college and a year early.
jennafan
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/06
#29re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:25pmWhat theatre will this be in?
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#30re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:37pmCould this take the Longcare?
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#31re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:39pmIt's Roundabout, numb-nuts. It's going to Studio 54 or the AA theater.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#32re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:50pmI would love to see Alec Baldwin as Albert.
jennafan
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/06
#33re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:51pmOk, so it must be taking Studio 54 because that play with Sienna Miller is at AA during that time.
#34re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:08pm
It's rumored for the rebuilt Henry Miller
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999056.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1
Updated On: 2/24/09 at 09:08 PM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#35re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:33pmEric McCormack for Albert. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#36re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:40pm
There go the chances of my school doing this show next year. (And I was dying to play Mae for my senior musical!)
Sets could be minimal, with abstract configurations of Pluto (the dog, not the former planet) and Queen Elizabeth.
I have no idea how such an idea could come from a human mind. That is the strangest sentence I have ever read, and it actually made me laugh out loud.
dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#37re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:41pmFor Kim: Elizabeth Egan Gilles(Sp) would be a great Kim
#38re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:51pmEither way, she was born in '85. Still makes her 24.
#39re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 10:12pm
A few names immediately spring to mind for Birdie. One is Cheyenne Jackson but that seems unlikely for a number of reasons. One, he may want to steer away from the "Elvis" role after doing "All Shook Up". Two, after guest starring on two top-rated show's (Life on Mars & Ugly Betty) he's really on the up and up. He may not want to take a secondary role at this point in his career. But, then again, work is work.
But for the most important question - how many people here would love to see him in that gold lame?
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#40re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 10:15pmdg22894, Liz Gilles also signed a contract with Nickelodeon.
Merv
Swing Joined: 4/21/04
#41re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 10:52pmI would love to see Michael Berresse as Albert and Karen Ziemba as Rosie. They are both such marvelous performers.
TheCharleston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/08
#42re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 10:55pm
Karen Ziemba was such a snore when she did Rose at the ENCORES production.
Sounded nice and did some lovely dancing but was so boring and her character was very two-dimensional. meh.
Alison88
Understudy Joined: 6/6/06
#43re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/25/09 at 1:21amI think Hayley Podschun could be a great Kim/Ursula, although she reads more 17 than 15. Eh...
#44re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/25/09 at 1:40amOoh... I love the idea of Hayley playing Kim.
Byron Abens
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/08
#45re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/25/09 at 1:57am
"In fact, didn't the made-for-TV movie - which was closer to the musical than the movie was in my opinion - make her 17?"
They did alter the lyric to make her 17, but that was because Chynna Phillips was just a couple years shy of 30 at the time, and looked it. She was the oldest looking 17 year old there had been for a while, ranking right up there with the cast of 90210.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#46re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/25/09 at 9:14amIf you think that sentence is strange, try reading a page of Finnegan's Wake sometime.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#47re: BYE BYE BIRDIE to begin previews September 11
Posted: 2/25/09 at 9:17amI wouldn't be surprised if Hayley was cast. She's already done two Roundabout shows, so they probably have her in mind.
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